English
Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The people of Paradise are in one hundred and twenty ranks, eighty 1 of which are from this nation, and forty from all other nations.”
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- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 2546 (unverified) 97% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “eighty of which are from this nation”: This does not contradict his saying, “I hope you will be half of the people of Paradise,” as it is possible that he initially hoped for that, then was increased and given glad tidings of more from Allah afterward. Al-Tayyibi’s suggestion that the eighty may be equal in number to the forty is unlikely. (As stated in Al-Lama’at)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: ثمانون منها من هذه الأمة: لا ينافي هذا قوله : أرجو أن تكونوا نصف أهل الجنة» ؛ لأنه يحتمل أن يكون رجاءه ذلك أولا ثم زيدَ وبُشِّرَ من عند الله بالزيادة بعد ذلك، وأما قول الطيبي يحتمل أن يكون الثمانون مساويا في العدد للأربعين فبعيد. كذا في «اللمعات».